January 16, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir is resisting calls for major reforms demanded by his own National Congress Party (NCP) and the Islamist base, Sudan Tribune is told.

Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir (Reuters)A source close to the NCP disclosed to Sudan Tribune that the NCP parliamentary bloc headed by presidential adviser Ghazi Salah al-Deen submitted a memorandum to Bashir late last year calling for “deep”...

November 1, 2011 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese police fired tear gas to disperse some hundreds of demonstrators who protested against the accidental killing of a boy by the security forces.

Several days ago the police killed a 13-year old boy and wounded a young girl during a pursuit of a car suspected of carrying contraband material in the capital of the eastern Sudan town, Kassala, near the ...

In an interview with this newspaper, and in some of his latest statements, it seemed as if Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir was relinquishing his responsibilities but not his position. For example, when he was asked about the suffering of the Sudanese citizens as a result of the high cost of living - something that the majority of people in Sudan have complained about, and which resulted in some people staging anti-government protests, Al-Bashir did not offer any solutions to reassure the pe...

In a not-unexpected announcement, Sudan’s beleaguered President Omar Al Bashir said his country would become Africa’s first proper theocracy. “Ninety-eight percent of the people are Muslims and the new constitution will reflect this. The official religion will be Islam and Islamic law the main source (of the constitution). We call it a Muslim state,” Bashir told Kh...